Creative Split Toning
March 7, 2011 17 Comments
Capture One Pro 6 allows you to adjust an image with the Levels Tool with individual control of each color channel. This allows you to perform creative split toning where you can tone the shadows and the highlights individually.
The above are examples of images with split toning via the Levels Tool in Capture One Pro 6. Only the upper left image is without toning.
Work with split tones in the Levels Tool
Start by making a neutral white balance for the image. This will help you later if you want to achieve the same look for another image by reusing the adjustments. Remember, you can always save the tool adjustments in a tool preset.
For an easier overview, I rearrange the tool layout by adding a total of three Levels Tools to the exposure tab. Doing so, I can have one Levels Tool for each of the three color channels.
To tone the shadows with, for instance, more Red, increase the Red Shadow target level. To decrease the Red in the shadow, increase the Red Shadow levels.
In the highlights, it works the opposite way. To tone the highlights with more Red, decrease the Highlight levels slider. To decrease the Red in the highlights, decrease the Highlight target level slider.
When toning via the R, G and B levels, it is good to remember the color circle. For instance, if you want a yellow highlight you will have to work with the color opposite yellow in the color circle which is the Blue color. So decreasing Blue means more yellow.
The figure above shows the color circle with the position of the primary colors R, G and B and the complementary colors C, M and Y opposite the primary colors. Having this color circle in mind, it is obvious that Yellow is less Blue, Magenta is less Green and Cyan is less Red.
Great look!
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What parameters do you use foк this photo? can you show us please
This is not very straight forward for split toning.
PhaseOne software developers should make this easier for photographers (photographers are still artists not all are technical people)
An easy way will be to enable the split toning already available in Capture One but without having to convert the photo to black and white.
Split Toning is Lightroon is an example of easy and powerful color toning tool.
it’s totally easy! how could it be easier? In lightroom the control is SO limited, Capture 1 lets you adjust the tones throughout the tonal range, with C1 you can use the above controls combined with the colour temp, colour balance, lolour levels and colour editor to create really interesting colour shifts.
plus the interface in LR is fiddly!!!!
You can do a similar thing with the curves tool, also, if you use DxO at all, the curves tool is the only way to split tone.
I agree that the Lightroom tool is much more intuitive. It would be nice to have something like that and be able to copy (or toggle a link with) the settings to the levels and/or curves tool so it can be fine tuned.
I have to echo what Andrea wrote…
Sure, it isn’t as easy as grabbing a single slider in Lr but it gives you much more control! I just wish the curves in capture one would act like photoshop and let you drag the anchor points vertically.
You can. Just click again after setting the point. You get a ‘+’ cursor and can move as you want.
Ok, just show me the picture the anchor points are moving vertically)
Have not tried this in either program but in general I found capture one to be more precise and “artistic” that’s why i bought it. Yes you can find discounts just keep watching. I love capture one and look forward to trying this technique.
It is good that there are tools for every photographer. The ones who cannot work with C1 should use PS or LR or anything else… I like the fact that C1 uses a completely different approach to come to results and not yet another variation of Photoshop…
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